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in the service, &c., &c." As before stated, it had been claimed by the government that volunteering furnished material for the army too slowly, that the ranks must be filled at a more rapid rate if the rebellion was ever to be crushed, and a conscription was the only means by which the object sought could be obtained. But in a certain sense it was a failure. Commutation money flowed into the coffers of the government, but men were not forthcoming. The idea of conscription was an odious one. The draft, however, was not in any way interfered with, very little attention was paid to it,-it was allowed to "go through" with little concern, nearly every man finding in some feature of the act a way of escape if he should be so unfortunate as to draw a prize in this lottery for flesh and blood. The draft failed largely of filling the quota, and further drafts were ordered, until the number of men, with commutations should reach the number required, but was delayed from time to time to allow towns to fill the requirements by vol- untary enlistments if they chose, or could do so. Between that time and the fifth of January following, mostly in December 1863, the quota of Portland was filled by sub- stitutes obtained outside its limits, and the citizens relieved from immediate apprehension. All subsequent calls by the government for recruits were filled by enlistments outside the town, with but two exceptions. under a sys- tem of bounties offered and paid by town.
Under the call in August, 1862, an enrollment of those supposed to be liable to draft, was made by the supervisor, H. C. Taylor, and O. W. Burch, T. S. Moss and Rufus Hay- wood, commissioners appointed by the governor for the purpose, and the number found to be two hundred and fifty-six. From this enrollment, revised, the draft of 1863 was made. August 25th. The drawing took place at Dun- kirk, Isaac Shattuck Esq. and A. J. Lyons attending in behalt of the town. The call was for three hundred thou- sand men. and the quota for this town was thirty-three.
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Forty-seven names were ordered drawn, and if from that nuumber the quota could not be filled, another drawing was to take place. The examinations were to take place in the order of drawing, and if the quota was filled short of the forty-seven ordered drawn, those remaining were to be discharged. The following is a list of those drawn, with the age of each :
Geo. W. Marsh, 22; J. A. H. Skinner, 29; Andrew J. Mericle, 34; Henry Martin, 30: Allison N. Munson, 29 ; James Wood, 26; George Couchman, 36 ; Charles H. Warner, 21 ; Henry E. Hill, 33; Thomas W. Baker, 23; Wm. A. Douglass -; Harmon Bashee, 29; Andrew P. Huster -; Dennis Quinland -; Thomas Cooper, 23; Geo. W. Stebbins, 35; Abel Skidmore, 21; Wm. Correll, 21; John Lawson, 35; Salmon Burton, 28 : Henry Dobbins -: Levi Hall, 33; Frank G. Arnold, 28 : Carlton O. Wilcox, 33 : Edward Clements, 27: Wm. Breen, 25: Richard Spicer, 33; Chester W. Burton, 26; Walter Burch, 25; James Sturgis, 30 ; Leroy F. Churchill, 21 ; Gideon Low. 23; Geo. R. Weaver, 29; Andrew J. Skinner, 33; Charles R. Crosby, 23; James L. F. Andrews, 23; Geo. Fitch, 26; Wm. W. Billings, 35; Henry C. Rolph, 24; Wm. Dogan, 34; James H. Burroughs, 31 : Alfred J. Burton, 29: Geo. W. Goldsmith. 43; Geo. M. Arnold, 29; Wmn. Dederick, 22 : John Quayle, 31 : Marvin G. Tenant, 27.
Of the above number, Win. W. Billings was the only one that reported for duty. The balance were relieved, and for causes specified, as follows :
Chester W. Burton and Andrew J. Skinner, furnished substi- tutes ; the former, James Kelley, and the latter John Casey.
Geo. W. Marsh. James Wood, Charles H. Warren, Abel Skid- more, Levi Hall, Frank G. Arnold, Richard Spicer, Walter Burch. Geo. R. Weaver, Alfred J. Burton and Wm. Dederick commuted by the payment of $300 each.
Geo. Couchman and John Lawson, from over age.
Henry Martin and Wm. Breen. from being the only sons of widows.
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Edward Clements and James H. Burroughs, from being the only sons of aged and dependent parents.
Salmon Burton, J. L. F. Andrews, Geo. Fitch and Geo. M. Arnold, on election by parent, or parents.
Marvin G. Tenant, from diseased lungs.
Geo. W. Goldsmith, father of motherless children under . twelve years of age.
Allison J. Munson and John Quayle, from tubercles in the lungs.
Andrew J. Mericle, from bronchitis.
Wm. Dogan and Thomas Cooper, aliens.
J. A. H. Skinner, from anchylosis of left ankle joint.
Henry E. Hill, loss of index finger of right hand.
Thomas W. Baker, hernia.
Wm. Correll, deficiency in height.
Leroy F. Churchill, from deficiency of amplitude of the chest.
Harmon Bashee, scrofula.
Geo. W. Stebbins, loss of sight of one eye.
Wm. Dobbin, frostbitten feet.
Carlton O. Wilcox, prolapsus ani.
Wm. A. Douglass and James Sturgis, in service before March, 1863.
Gideon Low, error in enrollment.
Charles R. Crosby, chronic inflammation of kidneys.
Henry C. Rolph, physical disability.
Andrew P. Huster and Dennis Quinland, never reported and could not be found.
Thus it will be seen that the government obtained but fourteen out of the forty-seven drawn, viz: three men and $3,300 from eleven that commuted. As before stated the quota was eventually filled outside of town .- (See war expenses.)
October 17th of this year, 1863, the fifth call of the presi- dent was made. Under this there were due from Port- land twenty-four men. At a public meeting held December
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14th following, a "resolution was offered that the town raise $7,200 by tax to pay $300 to each of twenty-four volun- teers apportioned to the town under the last call of the president." An amendment was offered to exempt from tax those that had commuted by the payment of $300 under the draft of August 25th last, which was accepted. At a subsequent meeting on the 16th, the resolution as amended was adopted, ayes ninety-eight, noes sixty-five.
In December 1863 and January 1864, fourteen veteran soldiers from town whose term of service would expire in the following spring or summer, reenlisted under the assurance that $300 bounty would be paid each. They were credited on the next call, which was made February 1st 1864. In answer to a resolution by a meeting of citizens, a special town meeting was called, and held March 8, 1864, to decide by vote whether $4,200 should be raised by tax on the town to pay such soldiers reenlisting. The vote was as follows : tax, one hundred and forty-five ; opposed, eighty.
No men seem to have been furnished under the call of March 14th, 1864, but the effort was merged in that of the next call, which was made July 18th, 1864, for five hundred thousand men. Under this call there were due from the town twenty one men. A special town meeting was called, and held July 30th, at the office of I. Shattuck, Esq., to decide by vote whether the town would raise by tax suffi cient to relieve the citizens from the operations of a draft. The vote was as follows: tax, one hundred and forty-four. opposed sixty-five.
December 19th the same year another call for men was made. The quota for Portland was seventeen. The question was again submitted to the citizens at a special town meeting at the house of S. C. Riley January 7th, 1865, whether a tax should be assessed upon the town sufficient to relieve the citizens from the effects of a draft. The vote cast was two hundred and seventy-six. For tax, one hundred and eighty-two, opposed. ninety-four ; and the men obtained outside of town.
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The men reenlisting. as stated above, were all from the 9th cavalry, as follows: Chester Bradley. John P. Martin, Willard H. Daniels, Vares G. Farnham. Albert A. Fay, Wm. H. Rolph. Marcus M. Ransom, Nelson H. Whitney, Charles HI. Williams. Edwin Wright, John M. Wood, John W. Young. John Johnson. John W. Bullock.
Cyrus Benjamin enlisted January 4th, 1864. in the 15th Reg- iment, N. Y. Infantry, and John D. Buell on February 24th. 1864, in Co. B., 112th Regiment.
Abraham and Charles Williams enlisted early in the war. but the writer has been unable to ascertain their company or regiment.
Seven enlisted from Portland that were credited to other localities. as follows : Lysander B. Vanleuven, in the 6th Regi- ment, Wisconsin Infantry ; Levant M. Hakes, in the 104th N. Y. Volunteer Infantry ; Alfred G. Vanleuven, Wm. Correll, John D. Bentley and Ephraim K. Fellows, in the 111th Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers : Walter Quigley in a Michigan regiment.
Recapitulation of Men Furnished .- Portland furnished for the army and navy that were credited to the town 137 men, as follows : To the 3d Excelsior. or 72d regiment N. Y. volun teers. 13; to the 49th regiment, 3 : to the 21st regiment, 1 : to the 44th regiment, 1 : to the regular army, 1; to the 100th regiment, 9; to the 9th cavalry, 49; to the 112th regiment. 23; to the 154th regiment, 33; to the 15 thregiment. 1: to regiments not known, 2; to the navy, 1 man. Four substi- tutes were furnished, fifty-seven enlisted from outside of town; 14 reenlisted. and 11 commuted under the draft act of March 3, 1863, making an equivalent in the aggregate of 223 men, which with those from town enlisting outside of the state, will make a total of 230.
It was found difficult under the calls of July 18 and Decem- ber 19, 1864, to till the quota at the price fixed by the people on the morning of the special town meeting, January 7, 1865. viz .: $300 for one year's men, $400 for two years' men and
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$500 for three years' men, and a number of citizens advanced the extra sums necessary (on an average $300) for three years' men, and were relieved from the effect of any subsequent draft by having a substitute in the field. The number as now remembered was 18, and the sum advanced was $5,400. Those remembered were as follows : Franklin Fay, W. Turk, Wm. Martin, A. W. Baker, Jonas H. Martin, David McGregor, G. L. Townsend, Norman Goodsell, Elisha Fay, J N. Hill, J. N. Porter, H. A. Burton, Salmon Burton
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CHAPTER XLVII.
War of 1861 continued-Aid furnished Soldiers direct and through Hospitals, Sanitary and Christian Commissions.
The most kindly feeling followed the citizen soldiery of Portland, and their wants in their perilous wanderings were carefully studied and often anticipated and supplied by private contributions, but more liberally through organizations adapted for such a mission. So intense the excitement and so great the interest pervading every heart with reference to the issue of the struggle and those engaged in it that every effort possible was put forth through the various associations and sewing circles to furnish such aid and comforts for the sick, the wounded and dying as the exigencies of the case demanded. Nearly all the aid thus furnished to hospitals, sanitary or other commissions was through associations of ladies of which there were three in town: 1, the "Baptist Sewing Circle," Brocton, Mrs. Norman Mason president, Miss Sarah Skinner secretary ; 2. " Soldiers' Aid Society of Portland." Mrs. Jason Webster president, Miss Vally M. Greene secretary ; 3, "Universalist Social," Mrs. J. B. Fay president, Mrs. Chester W. Burton secretary. Aid furnished by these societies and through them amounted on the first of July, 1863, to $414, principally as follows: To the Sanitary Commission, St. Louis, Mo., $100; to the Sanitary Commission, Buffalo, N. Y., $185; to the hospital department of the 9th cavalry, $59; to the hospital department of the 154th regiment, $60; to the hospital department 49th regiment. $10. After July 1, 1863,
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to the close of the war still further contributions were made. in the aggregate amounting to $250. Aid was furnished direct to the 9th cavalry, the 112th regiment, the 154th regiment, the 49th and 72d, by friends, to the amount of probably $200, making a total of $864. Most of the aid furnished by friends outside the organized channels was for the comfort of soldiers during the severity of winter.
The families of soldiers were not forgotten. At a meeting of citizens held at the Congregational church in September, 1861, a " Soldiers' Aid Society " was formed by subscriptions to a joint stock arrangement, the stock to be taxed from time to time as should be necessary and the proceeds applied for the benefit of such soldiers' families as were in need. Ninety- five citizens subscribed to the capital stock in sums ranging from $5 to $50, in the aggregate $1,632. But little aid was called for through this society, most of the families of soldiers being cared for by friends. It was a cumbersome arrangement and soon abandoned. The officers were Albert Haywood, president ; T. Judson, vice-president ; T. S. Moss, secretary ; I. Shattuck, treasurer.
Expenditures for the War .- The following very nearly approximates the facts with reference to the amount of money used by the town and by individuals for war purposes during the war of 1861 : Bounty to 112th volunteers and for other purposes, $669 (raised by subscription); to assist several of those drafted August 25, 1863, in paying their commuta- tions, probably $500 (raised by subscription) ; by the town in 1862, $4,200 ; by the town in 1864, including the operations of 1863, $29,188.66 ; by the town in 1865, $12,900 ; interest paid on town bonds, $724.23 ; by town to families of soldiers, $198 ; amount paid by private enterprise to promote enlistments, $1,229 ; paid by individuals for substitutes and commutations, $12,300; aid furnished by societies of ladies, $864; aid furnished by "Soldiers' Aid Society," $120; making a total of $62,892.89. The amount for 1864 was assessed upon the town and collected, but that for 1865 was. not assessed. To realize
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the amounts necessary in advance of collections, the board of supervisors under the act of February 9, 1864, authorized the issuing of town bonds. For 1864 bonds were issued to the amount of $28,417,71, on interest at 7 per cent., payable January 1, 1865, the first issue bearing date August 27, 1864, and the last issue September 28, 1864. For 1865 the amount issued was $12,370.10, on interest at 7 per cent., payable January 1, 1866, the first issue bearing date January 13, 1865, and the last February 6, 1865. The state, by act of the legislature dated February 24, 1865, assumed a certain propor- tion of the war debt of towns, and the bonds of Portland were exchanged for state bonds to the amount of $17,000 and $700 in cash. At the close of the war a small amount of funds remained in the hands of the supervisor, which was appropriated for town purposes by the town board under special act of the legislature dated March 30, 1866.
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CHAPTER XLVIII.
War of 1861 continued-Statistical History of Volunteers from Portland. .
6th Regiment U. S. Army, Cavalry .- Warren Couch enlisted August 12, 1861, in Co. G ; constantly on duty through his term of enlistment ; discharged August 12, 1864.
3d Regiment Excelsior Brigade, or 72d Regiment N. Y. Vol's .- Henry B. Taylor enlisted May 25, 1861 ; discharged from Beaufort, S. C., in fall of 1863; enlisted in Co. B, 112th regiment N. Y. vol's, in March, 1864; August 17th following discharged to accept promotion as hospital steward in U. S. army ; discharged from service in 1867.
Edmund Barber enlisted August 3, 1861. No report.
Melvin Hunt enlisted in Co. G, 72d regiment N. Y. vol's- Capt Bliss ; died at home of fever after being discharged.
Frank Lilly. Nothing known of him.
Redmond Riley enlisted May 25, 1861, in Co. D-Capt. W. O. Stevens ; sick of fever at camp Good Hope, Maryland, in summer of 1861 ; discharged from Clifton hospital, D. C., December 17, 1862.
Alphonzo Taylor enlisted May 25, 1861, in Co. D-Capt. W O. Stevens ; sick at Yorktown, Va .; sent to Portsmouth Grove, R. I., in July, 1862, and discharged from there in the fall of that year.
Theron D. Walden enlisted May 25, 1861, in Co. D-Capt. W. O. Stevens ; discharged from accidental wound in spring of 1862.
Daniel E. Arnold enlisted June 20, 1861, in Co. G, 72d
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regiment N. Y. vol's ; wounded in arm at battle of Williams- burg May 5, 1862; taken to Mill Creek hospital, Fortress Monroe ; from there to David's Island, N. Y .; discharged from there June 16, 1862.
Walter Bowdish enlisted in Co. G-Capt. Bliss-in May, 1861 ; severely wounded at battle of Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862 ; has not since been heard from ; supposed dead.
John Barry enlisted in Co. E-Capt. Barrett-in May, 1861 ; killed by cannon ball at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., July 1. 1862. 5
Ovette Burr enlisted May 16, 1861, in Co. E, 72d regiment vol. infantry ; wounded August 27, 1862, at Bristo Station, Va .; returned to company in November following; mustered out June 23, 1864.
Thomas B. Culver enlisted in Co. G, 72d regiment N. Y. vol's-Capt. Bliss-August 3, 1861 ; wounded in ankle at battle of Williamsburg May 5, 1862 ; discharged December 29, 1862, for disability ; enlisted in Co. C, N. Y. N. guards, 68th regiment-Capt. Erie Hall-June 5, 1863, for 30 days ; discharged at Elmira, N. Y., at close of term ; enlisted in Co. K, 17th regiment Illinois cavalry, vol .- Capt. E. P. Grosvenor -Dec. 12, 1863 ; discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, December 22, 1865, under general orders.
Peter Kinnish enlisted in May, 1861, in Co. G, 72d regiment -Capt. Bliss ; promoted to corporal ; died in hospital.
49th Regiment N. Y. Vol's .- James A. Hall enlisted in September, 1861, and was appointed regimental surgeon; soon after was promoted to brigade surgeon, and eventually to surgeon-in-chief of the 6th corps. He served with distinc- tion through his term of enlistment. After the close of the war he was appointed New York state agent at Washington for the adjustment of soldiers' claims. He died at home, of fever contracted while in the service, April 8, 1866.
Walter Burch .- No report.
John Linburgh-Enlisted September, 1861. Sick and dis- charged before the close of his term of enlistment.
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21st N. Y. Vol. Infantry .- Newell G. Burr-Enlisted in Co. D. for two years, May, 8th, 1861 ; mustered out May 18th, 1863. In spring of 1864 enlisted in 22d regiment, N. Y. Cav- alry ; wounded at White Oak, Virginia, March 31st, 1865; did not return to the regiment.
44th N. Y. Infantry. - Charles Grannis enlisted as a mem- ber from Portland; was promoted to Lieutenant, and on duty through the term of his enlistment.
100th Regiment N. Y. Vols .- William Bradley enlisted at the formation of the regiment ; died from wounds received at battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, at Mill Creek Hospital July 8th, 1862.
Jack Davis, Dan Jonas, Frank Peterson, Gilbert S. Potter, George Shaver, Andrew Winters, Wm. Whitney and Andrew Anderson, the remaining members from this town, the compiler knows so little of, with any certainty, that they are very reluct- antly passed by.
9th N. Y. Vol. Cavalry .- Joseph G. Weld enlisted in Co. D. September 20th, 1861; commissioned Captain, October 3d, 1861 ; taken prisoner at Brandy Station, Virginia, confined in Libby Prison seven months : paroled and exchanged; did not return to Co .; discharged October 3d, 1864.
W. A. Adams enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; commissioned Ist Lieutenant, October 3d, 1861; resigned July 6th, 1862.
Elisha V. Arnold enlisted November 9th, 1861, in Co. D ; promoted to 4th Sergeant, December 1st, 1861; sick at Regi- mental Hospital, Washington ; discharged under general orders in spring of 1862.
Edwin Blinn enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; promoted to Corporal ; detailed the last of his term, as clerk in the war department at Washington ; discharged March 31st, 1865.
John Batchelder enlisted September 20th, 1861; discharged for disability, from rheumatic affections, November 5th, 1862.
Walter Bowman enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; promoted to Q. M. Sergeant in spring of 1862; discharged for disability in fall of 1862.
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Alvah L. Billings enlisted September 20th, 1861; absent from company from spring of 1862; discharged in fall of 1862.
Chester Bradley enlisted September 20th, 1861; reenlisted January 1st, 1864 ; June 1st, 1864 was appointed bugler for company ; discharged at Buffalo, July 15th, 1865.
Frank C. Bullock enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; discharged in April 1862 for disability ; enlisted in Co. G 112th regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, August 1862; promoted Corporal November 5th, 1862 ; sick of fever, on Folly Island, and died there August 31st, 1863 ; buried on the island.
Mahlon G. Barber enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; discharged at Washington, D. C., June 9th, 1862, for disability.
Lewis H. Bailey enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; sick at Reg- imental Hospital, and discharged at Washington, on general orders, in June, 1862.
John W. Bullock enlisted September 20th, 1861; reenlisted in 1863; constantly on duty; discharged July 28th, 1865.
Frank C. Brown enlisted September 20th, 1861; promoted Sergeant in 1862; promoted 2d Lieutenant in spring of 1864 ; during the season was promoted to Ist Lieutenant; in winter of 1864 was made Captain and served as such until near the close of the war when he was breveted Major. He was a gallant officer.
M. W. Bailey enlisted September 20th, 1861, and discharged July 1862, on account of unsound limb.
Charles R. Crosby enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; promoted Corporal, November 6th, 1861; promoted Sergeant June 24th, 1862 ; discharged August 2d, 1862, from disease of the kidneys.
Wolcott Colt enlisted September 7th, 1861; in ranks but short time ; ward master in hospital at Washington, D. C .; discharged for disability, June 25th, 1862.
Henry Colt enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; detached to do hospital duty ; sick three out of nine months; discharged on account of hernia, June 6th, 1862.
Willard H. Daniels enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; reenlisted
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January, 1864; constantly on duty; discharged July 28th, 1865.
Wm. A. Douglass enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; discharged for disability, February 9th, 1864.
Vares G. Farnham enlisted September 20th, 1861; wounded at battle of Hanover Crossing, May 27th, 864 ; promoted Corporal, May 26th, 1864 ; promoted to Sergeant, December 6th. 1864 ; promoted to 2d Lieutenant, May 16th, 1865 ; reen- listed December 26th, 1863; discharged July 17th, 1865.
Albert A. Fay enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; wounded at battle of Deep Bottom, July 24th, 1864; reenlisted January 2d, 1864 ; promoted Corporal in July 1864 ; discharged June 7th, 1865.
Jehial M. Grant enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; appointed regimental saddler in 1862; discharged for disability Novem- ber 1863.
Halsey F. Hakes enlisted October 3d, 1861 ; died at Alex. andria, D. C. July 10th, 1862, of tetanus, from wounds from the kick of a horse ; was buried in soldiers' burial grounds, but after eight months was removed to Westfield and Portland Union Cemetery.
Mark H. Hamlin, Bugler, enlisted September 20th, 1861 : discharged in spring of 1862, on general orders by General McClellan.
Orrin D. Hadden enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; was acting Brigade Veterinary Surgeon; discharged on general orders in 1862.
Birney Hull enlisted September 20th, 1861; discharged on account of fever, December 5th, 1862.
Jacob C. Hipwell enlisted September 20th, 1861; sick with rheumatism and chronic diarrhea at Clifton Hospital, Wash ington, D. C. ; discharged September 12th, 1863.
John Johnson enlisted September 20th, 1861; reenlisted December 27th, 1863; discharged July 28th, 1565; not long in the ranks ; appointed wagoner.
H. Wm. Mason enlisted September 13th, 1861; promoted
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Sergeant, November 9th, 1861 ; promoted 1st Sergeant, Decem- ber 10th, 1861 ; sick in hospital June 1862 ; promoted 2d Lieu tenant in June 1862; detailed 3d officer in corps of observa- tion in front of Gen. Sigel's army; served as aid to Gen. Sigel in the battle of Raccoon Ford; after battle of 2d Bull Run, detailed as acting Regimental Quartermaster and Commissary ; promoted to Ist Lieutenant, November 10th, 1862, and assigned to Co. G ; in the spring of 1863 detailed as aid to Gen. Buford and served during the spring campaign ; in company again until December 20th, 1863, when he was promoted to Captain and assigned to Co. I; in February 1865 commissioned Major for gallantry on the field of battle.
Samuel Mills enlisted October 1st, 1861 ; sick in hospital at Washington, D. C., from injury to knee before enlisting ; discharged September 12th, 1863.
John P. Martin enlisted September 20th, 1861; promoted to Sergeant; wounded near White Post, Clark Co., Virginia, August 11th, 1864, and died the next day, aged 25; buried there.
Frank C. Nichols enlisted September 20th, 1861 ; discharged in the spring of 1862, for disability.
James Z. Ogden enlisted October 1st, 1861; absent from company and regiment after June 20th, 1862.
Lewis M. Ogden enlisted September 20th, 1861; promoted sergt. Dec. 1, 1861 ; sick of fever July 18th, 1862 and sent to Mansion House Hospital; discharged October 31st, 1862.
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